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BOB PIN CARDING MACHINE Filed April 22, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 16, 1952 BOB PIN CARDING MACHINE Oswald V. Gasser, Appleton, Wis., assignor to Scolding Locks Corporation, Appleton, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application April 22, 1949, Serial No. 89,089

1 Claim. 1

This invention is directed to a machine for mounting bob pins on merchandise cards.

In the manufacture and sale of bob pins, the bob pins are usually completely formed and then are mounted on merchandise cards for sale. Such merchandise cards are normally provided with a plurality of slots in each of which are inserted a plurality of bob pins'to provide a plurality of groups of bob pins attractively arranged on the -merchandise card. The groups of bob pins are usually manually inserted in the slots of the merchandise card, but due to the spring tension of the bob pins it has been extremely difficult and time consuming to insert completely the bob pins and uniformly arrange and aline them in the slots of the merchandise card.

The principal object of this invention is manually or in some other way to insert the groups of bob pins partially into the slots of the merchandise cards and then automatically by means of the machine of this invention to arrange and aline the bob pins and jam the groups of bob pins completely into the slots of the merchandise card. In this way the bob pins may be more accurately and quickly carded than by the manual procedures heretofore utilized.

More specifically an object of this invention is to provide a machine for jammin groups of bob pins partially inserted in slots of a merchandise card wherein there is provided a support for supporting a merchandise card having groups of bob pins partially inserted in slots therein, a head provided with alining fingers adapted to extend between the groups of bob pins and abutment surfaces adapted to engage the ends of the groups of bob pins, and a means for relatively moving the support and head toward each other for causing the alining fingers to extend between the groups of bob pins for alining and arranging the same on the merchandise card and for causing the abutment surfaces to engage the ends of the alined groups of bob pins for jamming the same completely into the slots of the merchandise card.

Further objects of this invention reside in the details of construction of the machine and the cooperative relationship between the component parts thereof. 7

Other objects of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the accompanying specification, claim and drawings in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a merchandise card;

Figure 2 shows the merchandise card having bob pins partially inserted in the slots therein;

Figure 3 shows the merchandise card with the bob pins alined and completely inserted in the slots therein;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the machine of this invention;

Figure 5 is a side elevational view thereof;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4, but illustrating a merchandise card inserted in the machine;

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6, but showing the parts in a different position wherein the bob pins are alined and completely inserted in the slots in the merchandise card;

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 8-8 of Figure 6;

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional View taken substantially along the line 9-9 of Figure 4, and

Figure 10 is a perspective sectional view of the right hand portion of the machine illustrated in Figure 6.

Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the merchandise card for receiving and carrying bob pins is designated at I0. The merchandise card is provided with a plurality of slots H in which the bob pins are adapted to be inserted. In Figure 2 the bob pins I2 are shown to be partially inserted in the slots I I of the merchandise card Ill and this is the condition of the merchandise card when it is placed in the machine of this invention. In Figure 3, the bob pins l2 are alined and arranged on th merchandise card and completely inserted in the slots therein and illustrates the condition of the merchandise card after the machine of this invention has operated thereon.

The machine of this invention includes a bed plate [5 which is secured by screws It to posts I"! which in turn are secured by screws l8 to a suitable support I 9.

One end of the upper surface of the bed plate I5 is recessed to receive a supporting plate 20 which carries side ribs 2| and intermediate ribs 22. The ribs operate to support the merchandise card in spaced relation from the supporting plate 20, the ribs extending between and on the sides of the groups of bob pins carried by the merchandise card. The plate 20 has an end abutment 23 secured thereto by screws 24. The lower end of the merchandise card as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 is adapted to abut against the end abutment member 23 so that the merchandise card is held stationary on the supporting ribs 2| and 22.

The end abutment member 23 carries a pair of clips 25 which are held in place thereon by pins 26 and screws 21. Springs 28 are associated with the screws 21 and the clips 25 for urging the clips 25 downwardly. The clips 25 are utilized for the purpose of resiliently retaining the merchandise cards on the supporting ribs 2| and 22 when a card is inserted therebetween. The mechanism thus far described comprises a support carried by the bed plate for securely supporting .a merchandise card having groups of bob pins partially inserted in slots therein.

A pair of side guide rails 30 are secured to the bed plate l5 by means of the screws I6 and screws 3|. A head 35 is carried by the bed plate l5 between the guide rails 30, the head being slidably mounted on the bed plate and guided by the side rails 30. The head 35 by means of screws 36 carries a pair of spacer plates 31, a pair of blocks 38 slidable in a pair of grooves 4| in the bed plate [5 and a pair of plates 39 engaging the under side of the bed plate 15. The spacer plates 3'! maintain the head 35 spaced above the bed plate I5 so that the head 35 may be moved over the merchandise card supported by the supporting means. The blocks 38 operate in conjunction with the side rails 39 for guiding the head 35 as it is reciprocated. The plates 39 carry a transverse angle iron 49 which, as hereinafter pointed out, is utilized for reciprocating the head 35.

The forward end of the head 35 is provided with end arranging fingers 43 and intermediate arranging fingers 44 which are adapted to extend between and on each side of the groups of bob pins partially inserted in the merchandise card which is held by the supporting means for the purpose of arranging and alining the partially inserted bob pins as the head 35 is advanced. Between the arranging fingers 43 and 44 the head 35 is provided with abutment surfaces 45 which are arranged in accordance with the positions of the slots ll in the merchandise card It. The abutment surfaces 45 are adapted to engage the closed ends of the bob pins partially inserted in the merchandise card for the purpose of jamming the alined bob pins completely into the slots of the merchandise card as the head 35 is advanced. Preferably a plate 46 is carried by the head 35 by means of screws 41 to provide wide abutment surfaces for engaging the closed ends of the bob pins. The plate 46, therefore, serves the purpose of preventing bob pins from sliding under the top surface of the head when the head is advanced.

The rear end of the head 35 is provided with an angle iron 43 which overlies the side rails 39. The angle iron 43 is adapted to engage a pair of stops 49 provided with elongated holes and adjustably positioned on the side rails by means of screws 5i The stops 49 operating in conjunction with the angle iron 48 limit the forward advance of the head and by adjusting the stops 49 the advance of the head 35 may be adjusted so that the bob pins are completely advanced into the slots ll of the merchandise card when the head 35 is advanced against the stops 49.

The under surface of the bed plate i5 is provided with a bracket 55 carrying a pulley 58 and likewise the supporting member also is provided with a bracket 5'! pivotally carrying a foot operated lever in the form of a bell crank 58, 59. The arm 59 of the foot operated lever carries a pulley 59. A cable 6! is connected to an eye 52 and extends over the pulleys 59 and 56 and is connected to the angle iron 49 carried by the head 35. Thus, as the foot operated lever 58 is depressed, the pulley 60 carried thereby operates on the cable 6| to cause the head 35 to be advanced against the stops 49. \Vhen the foot operated lever 58 is released, a spring, not shown, operates to return the head to its initial position as illustrated in Fig. 5.

The operation of the machine is illustrated in Figures 6 and '7. The head 35 is retracted and the merchandise card I0 carrying partially inserted bob pins 12 is inserted-in the supporting means as illustrated in Figure 6. The supporting means operates firmly to support the merchandise card H]. The foot operated lever is then operated and the head 35 is advanced from the retracted position illustrated in Figure 6 to the advanced position illustrated in Fig. 7. During the advancing movement the alining fingers 43 and 44 override the supporting ribs 2| and 22 to prevent buckling of the merchandise card. Also, the alining fingers enter between the groups of bob pins and operate to aline and arrange the groups of bob pins on the merchandise card. As the head 35 continues to advance the abutment surfaces 45 engage the closed ends of the groups of bob pins 12 and operate to advance the bob pins completely into the slots l l of the merchandise card as is illustrated in Figure '7.

The foot operated lever 58 is then released and the head is retracted whereupon the merchandise card with the groups of bob pins thereon jammed completely into the slots may be removed and the cycle of operation repeated.

While for purposes of illustration, one form of this invention has been disclosed, other forms thereof may become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to this disclosure and therefore, this invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A bob-pin carding machine comprising a bed plate, a guide member carried by the bed plate adapted to receive a merchandise card having groups of bob pins partially inserted clothes-pin fashion in slots therein, said guide member being provided on its upper plane surface with a plurality of spaced ribs adapted to press against the under side of the merchandise card between each pair of bob-pin groups, a pair of spring clips mounted in a fixed position relative to the bed plate for engaging the upper side of the merchandise card and holding the same snugly against the ribs, said ribs being flush with the upper surface of said bed plate, a driver head slidably carried on said bed plate and provided with a forward face substantially perpendicular to the surface of the bed plate and substantially thicker than the heads of the bob pins, a pair of guide rails rigidly secured to said bed plate operative to confine advancing movement of the driving head to a single direction, stop means rigidly mounted relative to the bed plate operative to limit the advance of the driver head, a plurality of aligning fingers formed rigidly with the driver head and adapted on advance of said driver head to align the bob pins in the respective groups, said aligning fingers being postioned for cooperative action with said ribs, and means for advancing the driver head for moving the aligning fingers into a position overlying the ribs, confining the merchandise card therebetween and for engaging the heads of the bob pins and said perpendicular face of the driver head, driving the aligned groups of bob pins completely into the slots of the merchandise card.

OSWALD V. GASSER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 10,181 Crosby Nov. 1, 1853 344,945 Dayton July 6, 1886 2,285,433 'I-Iermsdorf June 9, 1942 

